The Hope Brigade Athens

This year as part of the Festival,  WOW Athens presents a new edition of The Hope Brigade around the perimeter of the National Garden of Athens. The exhibition features twenty photographs of women who are sources of inspiration and hope for change, 10 chosen from the original series from 2021 and 10 new portraits.

The Hope Brigade now features 170 women and non-binary people across the world from Karachi to Manchester, Athens to Rio. The exhibition in Athens takes place simultaneously with The Hope Brigade North East in the UK, hosted in various locations across North East England and celebrating extraordinary women and non-binary people from the region.

The 10 new portraits celebrate remarkable women active in Greece, each distinguished in her field. The women share with the public their journeys, their thoughts, and their hopes for the future:

Stefania Dama, Member of the NGO Proud Parents

Chrysella Lagaria, Co-founder & Director of Black Light Social Cooperative Enterprise

Loxandra “LLoxy” Loukas, Actor, Performer, Visual Artist and member of the group En Dynamei

Eleni Riga, Exhibition Curator, Cultural Producer

Katerina Sofianou, 3rd Grade High School Student, Founder of Remade Designs

Ioanna Stentoumi, Lawyer, MSc in Criminal Law and Criminology

Sofia Tsourinaki, Ancient Textile Technologist, Educator, Researcher

Ioanna Chronopoulou, Physical Education Teacher, Director of the Paxoi School Center, President of the Paxoi Cultural Association

Maria Ify Ohilebo, Co-founder of Melissa Network

Gabrielle Tay, Founder & Executive Director of Action for Women